A quest to find his grandmother's birthplace led Richard Marc Sakols on a mission to capture his changing neighborhood on film.
Meet photographer Emon Hassan and explore the photographs in his pop-up exhibit for "I Dream of the Heights"!
Go inside the home of a jazz legend, learn how to make a subway map, spend an evening in a private art collection, and more!
Eat your way through Lower Manhattan’s ethnic enclaves, uncover the forgotten story of the Black Angels of Seaview Hospital, tour an active quarry, and find more ways to explore NYC! Don’t forget, Untapped New York Insiders get $5 off any Untapped New York public walking tours!
Taste of NYC Food Tour
Peer into hidden tennis courts, find out what’s hiding beneath the iconic clock at the center of the main concourse, locate remnants of a lost movie theater, visit an office-turned-speakeasy, and uncover more secrets of this historic train terminal!
Learn about the lost and extant homes of NYC’s wealthiest 19th-century families, like the Vanderbilts and the Astors, as you stroll along one of the world’s most famous thoroughfares! On this tour, you’ll see photos of the structures that have been demolished, and even get to step inside a former mansion that now serves a new purpose. This tour will run on Friday and Sunday, September 24th!
Sample foods from the Italian, Jewish, and Chinese cultural traditions as you explore the ethnic neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan! You’ll fill yourself with pizza, dumplings, knishes, and tons of history about immigrant life in NYC.
Put on a hard hat and venture into the abandoned structures on the lesser-traveled south side of Ellis Island. These 29 buildings once operated as a hospital for those passing through the immigration station. In later years, it served as a Coast Guard base and FBI detention center. Led by a docent from Save Ellis Island, you’ll explore space usually off-limits to the public, like the former autopsy room, laundry room, and contagious disease wards.
Visit at active quarry where stone was sourced for the construction of many NYC landmarks, including Grand Central Terminal! This tour is free for Untapped New York Insiders. Not an Insider yet? Become a member today to gain access to member-exclusive experiences and an archive of more than 200+ webinars. Use code JOINUS for your first month free!
Join one of our brand-new Rediscover Your City tours! This tour series is designed specifically for local New Yorkers to show you a side of NYC you never knew existed. Uncover a hidden navigational system using the park’s lampposts, see a hidden artifact with a closely guarded location, and uncover more hidden gems!
Visit the spookiest spots within the 125-year-old hotel as you listen to spine-chilling tales of a thwarted Nazi attack on Grand Central, a daring acrobatic display gone wrong, a mischievous basement spirit, and more on this Halloween week tour! This tour is free for Untapped New York Insiders.
Join author Maria Smilios for a peek inside her new book, The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis! In this live virtual talk, Smilios will share the forgotten stories of how these trailblazing nurses broke down racial barriers and provided care for New Yorkers of the early 20th century. This talk is free for Untapped New York Insiders!
Use a subway car as your own personal time machine as you travel through abandoned stations and trace the evolution of the transit system from its earliest days to the present. Along the way, uncover hidden art installations. forgotten passageways, and quirky historical anecdotes.
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